英美文学作品选读试题2

英美文学作品选读试题 2I. Multiple choice（40 points in all, 1 for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. GreekD. primitive2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales3. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology.C. The Glorious revolution.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation.5. “Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism6. The true subject of John Donne's poem, “The Sun Rising,” is to ___.A. attack the sun as an unruly servantB. give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC. criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie7. “And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines areprobably taken from __.A. Spenser's The Faerie QueeneB. John Donne's “The Sun Rising”C. Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D. Marlowe's “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”8. The theme of The Faerie Queene is .A. “arms and the man”B. “fierce warres and faithfull loves”C. “Redcosse Knight”D. “morals and vices”9. Shakespeare’s ____ are mainly written under the pri nciple that national unity undera mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. history playsB. tragediesC. comediesD. plays10. “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing a(n) man.” The sentence is quoted from Bacon’s Of Studies.A. intelligentB. exactC. thriftyD. eloquent11. Though John Donne’s poems were not well accepted in his lifetime, the early 20th century saw arenewed interest in him and other poets.A. sentimentalB. rationalC. metaphysicalD. neoclassical12. In of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science, philosophy, history and even immortality．A. the first voyage to LilliputB. the second voyage to BroddingnagC. the third voyage to the Flying IslandD. the fourth voyage to Houyhnhnm land13. Christian, Faithful and Pliable are the literary figures in .A. Daniel Defoe’s Moll FlandersB. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for ScandalD. Jonathan Swift’s Gullive r’s Travels14. ____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A. Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC. William CarxtonD.Sidney15. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.16. Here are four lines from a literary work: “Others for language all their careexpress, / And value books, as women men, for dress.” The work is ___.A. Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”B. John Milton's Paradise LostC. Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismD. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream17. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and al l kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.A. Gulliver's TravelsB. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson CrusoeD. The pilgrim's Progress18. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “__in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic19. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ___.A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech20. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?A. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pary.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.21. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by __.A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley22. “Ode o n a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between the ___ of art and the ___ of human passion.A. glory …uglinessB. permanence…transienceC. transience…sordidnessD. glory…permanence23. In the statement“—oh, God! W ould you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term “soul” apparently refers to ___.A. Heathcliff himselfB. CatherineC. one's spiritual lifeD. one's ghost24. The typical feature of Robert Browning's poetry is the ___.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue25. Among the famous novelists of the Victorian Age were the ____ Dickens and Thackeray.A. critical realistsB. modernistsC. romanticistsD. epic prose writers26. ___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane EyreB. EmmaC. Wuthering HeightsD. Middlemarch27.___is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Oscar WildeD. Bernard Shaw28. “For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room...” (Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for?[A] More time to play. [B] More food to eat.[C] More books to read. [D] More money to spend.29.Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.[A]immortality [B]political[C]money [D]knowledge30. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence′s.[A] Lady Chatterley’s Lover[B] Women in love[C] Sons and Lovers [D] The Plumed Serpent31. “Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I will make yours.”The above passage presents a scene in .[A] Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights[B] Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre[C] John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga[D] Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles32. “Drive my dead thought over the universeLike withered leaves to quicken a new birth.”(Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”)What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines?[A] Synecdoche. [B] Metaphor.[C] Simile. [D] Onomatopoeia.33. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe) by .[A] Jonathan Swift [B] Daniel Defoe[C] George Eliot [D] D. H. Lawrence34. Christoph er Marlow’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n) .[A] pastoral lyric [B] elegy[C] eulogy [D] epic35. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?[A] Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.[B] Tolerance of human foibles.[C] Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.[D] Glorification of religious faith.36. “In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary fig ures Arthur and Gloriana are form .[A]Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene[B]William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet[C]Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”[D]John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”37. Which of t he following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?[A] Sentimentalism. [B] Tragic sense.[C] Surrealism. [D] Comic sense.38. “...This grew: I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped altogether....”(Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”)The above lines imply that .[A] the Duchess was killed by her husband[B] the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s order[C] the Duchess died of laughing too much[D] the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested39. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” and “Yahoo”?[A] James Joyce’s Ulsses.[B] Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.[C] Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.[D] D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.40. It took Alexander Pope ten years to complete , which is generally considered his best satiric work.[A] The Dunciad[B] “An Essay on Man”[C] “An Essay on Criticism”[D] “The Rape of the lock”II. Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write your letters in the blanks. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work. (30 points in all, 5 for each)1. “For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.”2. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”3. “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?-a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?-You think wrong!”4. “…Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,Whene’er I passed her; but who passed withoutMuch the same smile? This grew, I gave commandsThen all smiles stopped together.”5.“Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw atown before them, and the name of that town is vanity; and at that town there is a fair kept, called vanity Fair,…”6. “A violet by a mossy stoneHalf hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 4 for each)1. As a rule, an allegory is story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?2. Why has Fielding been regarded as “Father of the English novel?”3. What is Spenserian stanza? What are its main features? Name a literary work that is written in such stanzas.4. What does “metaphysical school”refer to? What are the features of the works of this school?5. What is the Renaissance？参考答案：I．1 point×40＝40 points1． B 2．D 3． C 4．C 5．A 6． B 7．D 8．B 9．A 10．B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. D 21. D 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. A II. 1 point×10＝10 points1. B2. H3. J4. F5. G6. D7. I8. A9. C 10. E III.5 points×6＝30 points1. William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”2. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice3. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre4. Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”5. John Bunyan，“Vanity Fair,”an excerpt from The Pilgrim’s Progress6. William Wordsworth, “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”IV. 4 points×5＝20 points1. A. Bunyan's pilgrim’s Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B. It is usually concerned with moral, religious, political, symbolic or mythical ideas.2. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, he was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.3. The Spenserian stanza refers to the form of stanza invented by Edmund Spenser himself. Each stanza has nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc.4. The term “metaphysical school”is commonly used to name the seventeenth century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.5. The Renaissance, which means rebirth or revival, is actually a movement stimulated by a series of social events, such as the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture, the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and economic expansion.。